nme.com

http://www.drownedinsound.com – uk based, extremely elitest and the forums are full of pricks but the journalisms great
http://www.Pitchforkmedia.com – US independent, TV station is fantastic.
http://www.collective-zine.co.uk – Elitest UK hardcore/emo/indie, the most clued up vinyl geeks on the web
http://www.punktastic.com – punk based forum but it’s varied enough and the kids dig a lot of indie

freeindie.com is really good, it had some brilliant indie/unsigned bands from new york, and has downloads. it’s got bands like harlem shakes, the head set and the upwelling, you should check them out.
plus just go on myspace and listen to bands before you buy/download them

Indie Music Filter ^^

pastemagazine.com
reverbnation.com